[5] In the Southern Song dynasty text Yijianzhi by Hong Mai, there is a record of the Buddhist guardian deity, Nezha, subduing a stone spirit.

In film and television series featuring Nezha as the protagonist, Shiji is portrayed as a demonic figure based on the depiction in the Sanjiao Soushen Daquan.

[7] The Chinese classical novel Fengshen Yanyi states that Shiji was originally a natural stone that received the essence of the sun and the moon.

[9] Shiji lives in the White Bone Cave of Skull Mountain, and she had two apprentices under the gate, namely, Biyun Tongzi and Caiyun Tonger.

In line with preceding argument, one might also view these circumstances as contributing to the author's careful construction of a sympathy path for Nezha.

[10][13] Located in Caishiji, five miles southwest of Ma'anshan City, the Sanyuan Cave Temple (三元洞) is enshrined Shiji.